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You should get some rest.
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Lysithea
I'm sorry, Professor. It was careless of me to continue, despite how fatigued I clearly was.
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I'm sorry, Professor. It was careless of me to continue, despite how fatigued I clearly was.
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Lysithea
I can't help but feel the need to rush, in all things, constantly. You get that way when you realize... you haven't got much time.
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I can't help but feel the need to rush, in all things, constantly. You get that way when you realize... you haven't got much time.
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What do you mean?
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Lysithea
Eighteen years ago, House Ordelia was involved in a civil conflict within the Empire.
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Eighteen years ago, House Ordelia was involved in a civil conflict within the Empire.
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Lysithea
But once the rebellion was crushed, my family was held responsible for the aid we gave, and the Empire gained some sway over us as a result.
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But once the rebellion was crushed, my family was held responsible for the aid we gave, and the Empire gained some sway over us as a result.
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Lysithea
At the time, the noble houses of the Alliance took a passive stance. No one lent aid to my family.
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At the time, the noble houses of the Alliance took a passive stance. No one lent aid to my family.
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Lysithea
As a result, some key officials within the family were killed, and people from the Empire were sent to replace them.
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As a result, some key officials within the family were killed, and people from the Empire were sent to replace them.
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Lysithea
Among those people were some mysterious mages. They were...unsettling, in a word. Skin pale as death.
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Among those people were some mysterious mages. They were...unsettling, in a word. Skin pale as death.
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Lysithea
With the Empire monitoring our every move, my parents could do nothing but watch in horror as all of this unfolded.
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With the Empire monitoring our every move, my parents could do nothing but watch in horror as all of this unfolded.
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Lysithea
During their experiments, they'd been doing things with my blood. One morning, I awoke like this— a shock of white hair, all trace of pigment, gone.
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During their experiments, they'd been doing things with my blood. One morning, I awoke like this— a shock of white hair, all trace of pigment, gone.
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Lysithea
Upon seeing me, the mages were delighted. They realized that their experiments had finally succeeded.
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Upon seeing me, the mages were delighted. They realized that their experiments had finally succeeded.
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How awful...
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Lysithea
Shortly thereafter, the mages lost interest in me, and we never saw them in the Ordelia household again.
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Shortly thereafter, the mages lost interest in me, and we never saw them in the Ordelia household again.
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Lysithea
Since all that, our family has been in decline—it's challenging now even to govern our territory.
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Since all that, our family has been in decline—it's challenging now even to govern our territory.
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Lysithea
After all my mother and father have suffered, I at least want them to have peace as they grow older.
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After all my mother and father have suffered, I at least want them to have peace as they grow older.
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It's too soon to give up.
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Let's try to find a way to undo it.
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We will find a way.